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Useful Material for Translators
The following lists, taken from the publication
Canada's Geographical Names Approved in English and French,
provide you with a quick reference for some categories of such names:
(Download full version here [PDF, 4.3 Mb, viewer]).
- Pan-Canadian names: 81 large and well-known Canadian features and areas designated in
Treasury Board Circular 1983-58 (e.g., Lake Winnipeg / Lac Winnipeg);
- Dual names:
- for Canadian federal lands (e.g. names of National Parks, Indian Reserves and Military Areas);
- for some places approved in both languages within one province (e.g., Grand Falls / Grand-Sault, New Brunswick);
- names of features shared by more than one province.
- Abbreviations and symbols for the names of the provinces and territories
- Names of sovereign states:
Also available:
Additions [PDF, 581.2 kb, viewer] to the
Glossary of Generic Terms in Canada's Geographical Names, 1987 (TB 176)
- The Bilingual Glossary of Ontario's Names can be purchased from:
Ministry of Natural Resources
Natural Resource Information Centre
300 Water Street, 1st Floor
Box 7000
Peterborough ON K9J 8M5
or
Ministry of Natural Resources
Natural Resource Information Centre
Room M1-73, MacDonald Block
900 Bay Street
Toronto ON M7A 2C1
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